Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

Philips DVD R RW 8x4x12 24x10x40 IDE vs Philips Internal Drive DVDRW824K/00

13specifications compared
5differ
8identical
11known for one product only

Key differences

Drive device, buffer size
- DVD R RW 8x4x12 24x10x40 IDE:8 MB
- Internal Drive DVDRW824K/00:2 MB
Access time
- DVD R RW 8x4x12 24x10x40 IDE:140 ms
- Internal Drive DVDRW824K/00:120 ms
Operating temperature (T-T)
- DVD R RW 8x4x12 24x10x40 IDE:5 - 50 °C
- Internal Drive DVDRW824K/00:5 - 45 °C
Weight
- DVD R RW 8x4x12 24x10x40 IDE:950 g
- Internal Drive DVDRW824K/00:1 kg
Dimensions (WxDxH)
- DVD R RW 8x4x12 24x10x40 IDE:200 x 150 x 40 mm
- Internal Drive DVDRW824K/00:146 x 42 x 169 mm

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Comparison of DVD R RW 8x4x12 24x10x40 IDE, DVDRW824K/00
24 specifications	A Philips DVD R RW 8x4x12 24x10x40 IDE View product	B Philips Internal Drive DVDRW824K/00 Model DVDRW824K/00 View product
Designidentical
Internal	Yes	Yes
Performance1 differ
Drive device, buffer sizeDiffers	8 MB	2 MB
Writing speedidentical
CD write speed	24x	24x
CD rewrite speed	10x	10x
DVD write speed	8x	8x
DVD rewrite speed	4x	4x
Reading speedidentical
CD read speed	40x	40x
DVD read speed	12x	12x
Access time1 differ
DVD drive average random access timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	140 ms
Access timeDiffers	140 ms	120 ms
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 90%	5 - 90%
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 50 °C	5 - 45 °C
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	950 g	1 kg
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	NERO 5.5, My DVD
Other features1 differ
Media types supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R
Write methodsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Track at once (TAO), Disc at once (DAO), Multi Session (MS), Session At Once (SAO), Packet Writing
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	200 x 150 x 40 mm	146 x 42 x 169 mm
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows 98SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Professional, Windows XP
Total storage capacityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4.7 GB
I/O portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 x IDE/ATAPI - 40 PIN IDC 1 x audio out - 4 PIN MPC 1 x audio out - 2 PIN Digital Audio
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	Windows98/SE/ME/XP	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum RAMKnown for one	128 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum processorKnown for one	Pentium III 500 Mhz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum storage drive spaceKnown for one	500 GB	Unknown — not stated by the source

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